Stephen Miller Says Crush Them Like We Crushed ISIS and Al-Qaeda [WATCH]

Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, said a major shift in U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere has taken place under President Trump, emphasizing the use of military force to confront cartel organizations and other threats operating in the region.

Miller described the policy direction during remarks about security cooperation and regional threats, saying the United States will no longer allow hostile groups to control territory in the hemisphere.

“There’s been a paradigm shift under President Trump in the Western Hemisphere in the last 14 months,” Miller said.

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He explained that the approach centers on preventing adversaries and terrorist organizations from gaining footholds near the United States.

“Some of that was touched on by the earlier speakers, but just to restate it, we are not going to cede an inch of territory in this hemisphere to our enemies or adversaries, our national security, our homeland security, the safety and well being of our people begins at home, begins in our neighborhood, begins in our home region.”

Miller said that for years hostile actors have been allowed to establish operational space in parts of the hemisphere, which he argued has created security risks for the United States and neighboring countries.

“And for too long, we have allowed foreign enemies, foreign adversaries and enemy terrorist organizations to control territory and spaces in this hemisphere where they can project power, Project threats, and directly threaten the lives of your citizens and our citizens.”

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According to Miller, the Trump administration’s response involves the use of military capabilities to address those threats.

“And so, under the leadership of President Trump, we are using hard power, military power, lethal force, to protect and defend The American homeland.”

Miller emphasized the importance of national sovereignty, arguing that governments should not tolerate territory being controlled by non-state actors or criminal groups.

“Not a single one of your nations should tolerate the existence of a single square mile of territory that is under the control of any entity other than the sovereign governments of your country.”

He also addressed the presence of paramilitary groups and criminal organizations operating in the region.

“The idea that we would have in this hemisphere area that are under the physical control of foreign terrorist organizations paramilitary organizations is completely unacceptable.”

Miller compared cartel organizations operating in the Western Hemisphere to internationally recognized terrorist groups.

“The cartels that operate in this hemisphere are the ISIS and the al Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere, and should be treated just as brutally and just as ruthlessly as we treat those organizations.”

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